DOUGLAS COUNTY - We spent the last few nights taking in the sheer destruction a massive wildfire in Northwestern Wisconsin created.Thursday, Governor Scott Walker got a first-hand look at the damage caused by a massive wildfire. The governor and local officials toured the damaged areas in Douglas and Bayfield counties by helicopter. The fire scorched some 9,000 acres and destroyed 47 buildings, including at least 17 homes.

But the governor made sure to point out the number of buildings saved."Seventy-seven structures were saved," Walker said. "Seventy-seven structures. When you look at this from an aerial shot, when you look at the map it is phenomenal particularly when you see the ashes literally yards away from homes and properties and you realize it was the fire service there making sure and it was the DNR crews making sure that those properties were protected, it's just phenomenal."The fire is completely out as of Thursday night. The DNR says this is the largest fire in northern Wisconsin in 33 years.

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